Half the oil and gas offices in West Texas have a Midland address, and a good number of the leases they're managing sit on minerals owned by people who've never set foot in the field.
Midland is the front office of the Permian Basin, but the minerals themselves belong to ranch families, city lot owners, and heirs scattered across the country. If you hold an interest tied to a Midland-area unit, you're sitting on some of the most actively developed rock in the country, and that activity is exactly what drives value.
We work with owners at every stage: people still collecting a steady royalty check, people whose production has gone quiet, and people who just inherited a fraction they don't fully understand yet.
The Wells Behind Your Check
Before we quote anything, we look at which wells your interest is pooled into, when they were completed, and how their production has trended. A well two years into its decline curve is a different conversation than one that just came online.
We also check the Railroad Commission's permit records for offset activity near your tract, because a new well being drilled next door can materially change what your existing interest is worth.
Old Deeds, New Development
A lot of Midland-area mineral history predates the horizontal drilling boom by decades. Deeds written in the 1950s and 60s used language that courts and title examiners still interpret today, and those interpretations affect exactly what you're entitled to.
If your deed language is unclear, or the tract has been divided among heirs since it was written, we sort that out as part of our review, not something we push back onto you.
A No-Pressure Process
Send us what you have, a deed, a division order, a check stub, even just the legal description if that's all you've got. We'll pull county records, check current production and permits, and come back with a real number.
You're free to shop that number against other buyers. We'd rather lose a deal to a fair competing offer than win one by lowballing someone who didn't check.
Place the county tract on the basin board
The local file should tie the county record and legal description to the relevant basin, formation, field, unit, wells, permits, and operator position. A surface address can help find the tract, but it does not establish the mineral interest or prove participation in nearby development.
Read the local well vintages
Producing wells, shut-in wells, intermittent wells, newer laterals, older vertical wells, nearby completions, and general operator acreage in the surrounding area belong in separate evidence lanes. The paid property history carries more weight than a rig or permit that does not include the subject acreage.
Reconcile the ownership line
Deeds, reservations, leases, assignments, probate or trust records, division orders, unit documents, payor records, and statements should all point to the same local interest. Acreage, fractions, burdens, depths, products, and the paid decimal stay open until the supporting records agree.
Compare the deed and closing terms
A written offer for the tract should state the exact interest conveyed, effective date, receivables, reservations, title standard, curative responsibility, adjustment rights, payment conditions, and recording sequence. A strong headline number can still carry a broad deed or a weak closing condition.
Texas Owner Questions
How is your Midland mineral interest valued?
We look at your net royalty acres, the producing wells and permits in your unit, and recent production trends, then price against current market comparables in the Midland Basin.
Do you buy interests that aren't currently producing?
Sometimes, particularly if there's permitted or nearby drilling activity that suggests near-term development. We check permit filings before deciding.
Can you sell only your royalty interest and keep your mineral rights?
That depends on what your deed actually grants you. Some owners hold mineral fee, others hold a carved-out royalty. We'll clarify which applies to your interest before structuring an offer.
What happens to your lease if you sell your minerals?
The existing lease transfers with the mineral interest. The buyer steps into your position as lessor and continues to receive the royalty payments going forward.
